On My Way East

I had a lovely time with Kevin and Jane Justis at their

home in Rio Rico, AZ and with their friends...

 ...and their semi-tame roadrunner.

Seminole is a west Texas town with a park where 

they allow overnight parking for RVs.

Selma campground, north of Dallas.

Jackson, MS

 At the Mississippi House of Representatives, 

I had a nice conversation with Winfred Crane,

Sergeant-at-Arms.

The State House in Montgomery, AL

is just so... white.

At the visitors' center in Savannah, GA

RV parking for $5 a night.

Savannah is a city with a beauty and spookiness

that has been used as a location for many movies.

Garth's at Pioneer Town

On the last night at the slabs, Peter hosted a group

of us for an early 70th birthday celebration.

Then we all caravanned to Pappy and Harriet's in 

Pioneer town, one of my favorite open mics.

The drummer at the open mic, Lance, invited us to 

visit Garth's where he lives. Garth himself lives in this 

teepee made of concrete. We had a lovely time

with this group of beautiful people.

The people at Garth's are all about sustainable community and 

experimental housing, food forests and permaculture food production.

Borrego Springs, CA

 Borrego Springs is a little desert town with this beautiful, 

green oasis in its center called the Christmas Circle. 

Borrego Springs is also home to over a hundred

large-scale metal sculptures created by artist Ricaro Breceda.

The most famous and most ambitious of 

these is the "Sea Serpent." Dolphin showed no fear as 

he danced with abandon near the beast's gaping maw

Some More Shots of Slab City

Sequoia driving the hostel's deathtrap-mobile,

a very Slabby homemade go-kart.

Stick Man dreamed up and created this 

solar-poweredvehicle from a tricycle, a solar panel and the

mechanism from a Rascal-type scooter.

Sean visited the Slabs in this tiny pod trailer.

And I thought I was living small.

And the gorgeous desert skies just 

keep on coming. 

A last shot of Salvation Mountain lit by the full moon.

The Midnight Riders, a group of Burning Man types

made their annual bicycle trek from LA to the Slabs.

More Portraits from the Slabs

This year saw the arrival at the Slabs of two French

girls, Lola and Naomi. 

They created a mural at the hostel and had 

a party to unveil it and to say adieu before 

their departure. Here it is in progress :

The late afternoon sunlight made a great opportunity 

to shoot portraits of friends from Slab City.

Balu...

...and the girls.

Earl and the girls.

Was it good for you?

Cookie with Jimi and Balu.

Cookie and Earl

Hazel, Satin and Bruce

 Desi

 George

Hazel & Satin

Carlos and Jimi

As the evening wore on, the girls recreated 

their muralized selves live.